Port Blair in Andaman Isalands Has Many Interesting Spots to Visit

Author: emmadsuza | Posted: 23.02.2012

Andaman Nicobar Islands territory is part of India and it lies in eastern direction in Bay of Bengal, and a beautiful holiday resort with Beaches, Museums, Monuments, Picnic Spots, and sometimes with native festivals entertaining the visitors in an Andaman travel.

Port Blair is the Capital of Andaman Nicobar Islands and it is also the port of entry to these islands, whether by sea or by air and Andaman tourism packages start here, whilst Port Blair itself has a number of spots to visit.

The spot which is considered more important to visit is the Cellular Jail located at Port Blair which is a sensational and touchy story teller of the tortures and intimidations that the freedom fighters of India , who were incarcerated in this very prison suffered and this structure was raised in 1906 with individual cells for holding prisoners in solitary confinement and the visitors on Andaman tourism package will watch a light and sound show describing various incidents of the history related to this jail.

Chatham Island and traditional Sawmill there are also places to visit in Port Blair during Andaman travel. Chatham is a tiny village island, which connected with Port Blair by a bridge over a stretch of sea-water and is also functioning as the mainland –Island’s major harbor, while there is another harbor Haddo is nearby. There is a Saw Mill in Chatham included in Andaman tourism package which was once famous as the biggest saw mill in Asia and that was during British time. In this Saw Mill, visitors can walk through seeing the items of a small museum exhibiting the lumbering activities through scale models and also the decorative pieces made of famous woods, such as Padauk, Marble, Peauma, Gurjan, Satin Wood etc. Wood material from Andaman Islands were considered famous those days.

The next place to visit in Port Blair during Andaman travel is Samundrika Naval Maritime Museum located opposite Andaman Teal House, Delanipur, which exhibits different aspects of oceanic scenario and there is a display of variety of shells, corals and color fishes, giving good learning scope for visitors in Andaman tourism travel.

Another place to visit here is the Anthropological museum which gives good information on various tribes that had occupied Andaman Islands, which include Negroid and Mongoloid known to have occupied Andaman Islands for centuries together.

Among the beaches, Andaman Tourism Complex of Corbin’s Cove is one of the most beautiful beach resorts, where one enjoys sea bathing and sun-basking, besides excellent hospitality from the eat houses close by, such as The Wave Restaurant, The Peerless Resort and Hombill Nest Guest House.

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